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JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY 9, 2018 | DENVER CATHOLIC
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Faith and basketball crossover at
Catholic Families Night Feb. 25
For the fourth year in a row, the Denver Nuggets are hosting Catholic Families
Night at the Pepsi Center on Sunday, Feb. 25, where they will face-o„ against
the Houston Rockets for a regular season game. As with last year, Archbishop
Samuel J. Aquila will be the special guest for the evening 's game, and Catholic
youth from around the archdiocese will have the chance to be directly involved
with the game, including VIP experiences, the flag presentation, and forming a
high-five tunnel for the Nugget before the game. Visit nuggetstix.com/1718cfn
to purchase tickets. PHOTO BY ANDREW WRIGHT
Guardian Angels Parish outgrows
century-old frame church
At 11 a.m. on January 1, Guardian
Angels Parish in Mead dedicated
its new parish center, which
includes a beautiful church. The
event's date and time honored
the first Mass held in the original
white frame church for 25 Catholic
families over a century ago on Jan.
1, 1911.
Now boasting 270-families, the
parish that serves Berthoud and
Mead along the Interstate 25
corridor in northern Colorado
experiencing a housing boom,
simply outgrew its picturesque,
steepled church.
"The little church only held 99
people, so we were holding four
Masses on the weekend and they
were still standing-room only,"
Father Alan Hartway, CPPS, told
the Denver Catholic. PHOTO BY JASON WEINRICH
